Re: [Gimp-user] Making a gif or video from time-lapse photos

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 10/02/17 05:56, GimpyGapper wrote:
> HI!
> i have tried searching all over the web and here and other gimp forums, and
> youtube for this, but surprisngly i cannot find the info i need.
>
> i enjoy taking various speeds of time-laps photographs, and would love to now
> elarn how to animate them, and hear that gimp is ideal for this purpose.

Hardly. Gimp is good for extensive processing of one image, but there 
are better tools to make the same simple processing to many images.

Futhermore, when it comes to animated GIFs,  Gimp will only produce GIFs 
restricted to 256 colors across all frames,  while other applications 
can handle GIFs with 256 colors per frame. This can make a big 
difference in some animations.

> i simply wish to arrange the photos in the correct order/series, then make them
> into little animated gifs and videos, and perhaps loops of the same.
>
> are there any decent tutorials where i won't get bogged down with other stuff i
> won't need?
> i am so frustrated trying to do what i hoped would be a simple thing to learn,
> but so far gimp is just confusing me.
> (what is the 2warning.pat"? and what is it warning about?)
It is just a "pattern" image (an image you can use as a "tile" to fill 
images). It is called that way likely because it generates something 
related to visual warnings (the "warning.pat" pattern is black-yellow 
diagonals).